@ Yaro:

The operating system is a lot more than just the kernel. The GNU project built most of the core software in a GNU/Linux distribution, including bash and the programs you use with it. If not for the GNU project, the linux Kernel wouldn’t boot, wouldn’t have a command line, and wouldn’t have a file system to interact with. Linus wouldn’t have even been able to compile the kernel in the first place. (Linus used the GNU C compiler.)

Though, none of that needs to be said since it says “Triquel GNU/Linux” on their website — no one messed with the wikipedia page.

“Trisquel GNU/Linux is a version of the GNU operating system using the Linux kernel.”

Linux is not GNU. Looks like the Stallmanists invaded that particular Wikipedia article.

Wouldn’t you think for it to be GNU, it would use an actual GNU kernel?

Other than that, great article.

Face it. It’s Linux, not GNU. The operating system layer is Linux, and the distribution is whatever its CREATORS wanna call it. A system distribution and an operating system is NOT defined by the toolchain it uses.

Frankly, one of the most underrated distros I’ve ever tried and I hope it will stay around for long time

Before begging for coffee, learn to use civilised language. For instance, use the word “weblog” instead of some barbaric variation of it.

@quidam Thank you for the information….If trisquel can implement thsese why can’t ubuntu include swfdec and libdivdcss in their distro….i heard about open source gnash project (alternative for adobe flash) also….do you know about it…..can you please tell what is the difference between gnash and swfdec….

Any way Thumbs Up for the great job done by Trisquel developers…

Trisquel includes swfdec for flash, and libdvdcss for encrypted DVD’s. It can also play almost every audio and video file using free codecs.

Jim, were you able to determine what software libraries and codecs that Trisquel implements in order to play encrypted DVDs and other multimedia without installing non-free or proprietary software? Have there been recent advances in those areas? If so, and they work, sure, using truly free software would be nice.

I’d like to know more about this.

wow really superb….i wonder how trisquel was able to play dvd and youtube videos without installing any more softwares…even in ubuntu we have to install restricted extras to play youtube videos(flash) and we have to install libdvd for playing dvds….can you please tell what software trisquel is using for playing youtube videos(flash is a proprietary software) and for playing dvds….really i’m going to try it..

I think it will be great step as now we can implement this in ubuntu and ubuntu will be getting out of the box support for flash and dvds…